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Space Gets some New Test Equipment

Its nothing fancy, but if you have a power supply you think is bad, or you think you have some bad network lines, you may want to come down to the space and borrow some new test equipment we have.  Read further on for the specs.  Thanks to the dozen or so people at LVL1 who pitched in to get this for us all to share.  For a link of other fine equipment we already have, see http://wiki.lvl1.org/Equipment

Power Supply Tester Coolmax PS-228

The product designs with LCD to show ATX power voltage. Easy to plug with ATX power 24 pin and plug in (P4/P6/P8) to show the voltage on the LCD panel.
Easy to check ATX power supply
Aluminum case
Accurate voltage indicator +/- 0.1V (+12V1/+5V/+3.3V/5VSB/+12V2/-12V)
ATX P.G. value display
Lower or higher P.G. values alarm
ATX output connectors check
Lower voltage detected alarm
Over voltage alarm
No voltage detected alarm
Manual:
Plug-in your ATX power 24 pin and plug-in (P4/P6/P8) into the tester.
Turn on your ATX power supply
LCD shows each voltage and P.G. value on the screen automatic and you can hear 2 beep sounds.
ATX power output connector checking one by one.
If power output is working, the LED will light on.
If power output failed, the LED will not light on.
Plug-in (HDD/Floppy) connector and check LED light (+12V1/+5V)
Plug-in SATA connector and check LED light (+12V1/+5V+3.3V)
Remove the connector after your checking
Do not plug-in 2 connectors into the tester at the same time
(Not include 24 pin connector)
Abnormal voltage detected will not display on the screen.
No voltage detect, “LL” will display on the screen.
When detected Voltage is lower than Min. Value, “LL” will display on the screen.
When detected Voltage is higher than Max. Value, “HH” will display on the screen.
When detected voltage is lower than table value (A), will alarm.
When detected voltage is higher than table value (B), will alarm.
P.G. value detected lower 100ms or higher 900ms, P.G. value is abnormal and alarm.
When abnormal happened, it will alarm and relative digit blink on the screen.
Each Voltage normal range:
+5V, +3.3V, +5VSB is ±5%;
Normal Voltage range Display Voltage range
Lower (A) Higher (B) Min. (C) Max. (D)
+5V 5.0V +4.75V +5.25V 4.0V 6.0V
-12V -12V -11V -13V -10V -14V
+12V1 12V 11V +13V 10V 14V
+12V2 12V 11V +13V 10V 14V
+3.3V 3.3V +3.14V +3.47V 2.0V 4.5V
+5VSB 5V +4.75V +5.25V 4.0V 6.0V
PG 0ms 990ms

Pyle HPCT45 Network Cable Tester

I can't find much info on this tester, but here is a link to the manufacturer.

http://www.pyleaudio.com/itemdetail.asp?model=PHCT45

2 thoughts on “Space Gets some New Test Equipment

  1. Brad

    Jeff, you make it sound like we don't have oodles of o-scopes, function generators, power supplies, and other great test equipment!

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